Command A vs Gemini 2.5 Flash
Updated October 21, 2026. 43 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Command A has the edge where what matters is LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) or LMArena Text: coding, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 43
- Command A only
- 17
- Gemini 2.5 Flash only
- 26
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Gemini 2.5 Flash leads, 15.5 against 13.1.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Command A has a AA Agentic Index result, 1.0.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Command A has a GPQA Diamond result, 48.5%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Command A has a AIME result, 13.3%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Command A has a MMLU Pro result, 69.2%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Gemini 2.5 Flash has a Design Arena: websites result, 1074.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Gemini 2.5 Flash takes 1.05M tokens against 256K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Command A $0.0075, Gemini 2.5 Flash $0.0015 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Command A $2.69, Gemini 2.5 Flash $0.466.
Published attempt cost and pass rate
At a glance
- Coding index
- Command A not benchmarked, Gemini 2.5 Flash not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 49.1 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run): Command A 13.0% against Gemini 2.5 Flash 73.3%, 60.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Command A $10.00 against Gemini 2.5 Flash $2.50 per million output tokens, 4.0x apart.
- Context window
- Command A takes 256K tokens, Gemini 2.5 Flash 1.05M.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Command A | Bars | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 1 | 3 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 5 | ||
| Math | 0 | 4 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 6 | ||
| General | 1 | 21 | ||
| All shared boards | 3 | 40 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index13
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | Not measured | 28.7% | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| AA Coding Index | 27.8 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 35.1% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 7.8% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 17.6% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 28.7% | 69.5% | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| SciCode | 38.5% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 25.0% | 13.6% | Command A |
| Terminal-Bench | Not measured | 17.1% | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1330 | 1423 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1336 | 1425 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 13.1 | 15.5 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 142.9 | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 1.0 | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 9.0% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 80.7% | 31.6% | Command A |
| BALROG | Not measured | 33.5% | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | Not measured | $549 | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 34 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 48.5% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 76.1% | 79.0% | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 12.0% | 12.1% | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| ARC-AGI | Not measured | 33.3% | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Not measured | 2.5% | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| SimpleBench | Not measured | 41.2% | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1326 | 1422 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1296 | 1426 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1335 | 1420 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1245 | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1244 | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 13.3% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | 76.2% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 85.7% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| AA Math Index | 13.0 | 73.3 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 13.0% | 73.3% | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: math | 1300 | 1411 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1312 | 1422 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 69.2% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 79.7% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 64.5% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 46.0% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 61.4% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 80.5% | Not measured | Only Command A measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 19.7% | 40.4% | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 71.2% | 83.2% | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: science | 1339 | 1433 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1334 | 1428 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1348 | 1430 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1315 | 1404 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1074 | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1005 | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1005 | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1060 | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1021 | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1059 | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1020 | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index121
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE (Vals AI) | Not measured | 44.8% | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 55.7% | 83.0% | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| IFBench | 73.9% | 50.3% | Command A |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 52.7% | 65.3% | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| DTBench | 61.3% | 76.5% | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMCA | 10.3% | 27.5% | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1417 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1309 | 1405 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1319 | 1400 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1235 | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1344 | 1418 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1313 | 1409 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1327 | 1449 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: German | 1342 | 1417 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1285 | 1396 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1285 | 1385 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: French | 1351 | 1432 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1347 | 1422 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1314 | 1415 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1324 | 1413 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1338 | 1408 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1334 | 1419 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1328 | 1405 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1306 | 1393 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1239 | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1284 | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1237 | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | Not measured | 1225 | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | Not measured | 1277 | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | Not measured | 1252 | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1241 | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Command A | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemini 2.5 Flash costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Gemini 2.5 Flash costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Gemini 2.5 Flash costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Cohere Command A | Google Gemini 2.5 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Cohere | |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | March 13, 2025 | June 17, 2025 |
| Context window | 256K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.50 | $0.30 |
| Output $/Mtok | $10.00 | $2.50 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | $2.69 | $0.466 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Command A better than Gemini 2.5 Flash for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Command A has the edge where what matters is LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) or LMArena Text: coding, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Command A or Gemini 2.5 Flash?
Command A costs $2.50 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; Gemini 2.5 Flash costs $0.30 and $2.50. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Command A costs $2.69 and Gemini 2.5 Flash $0.466.
Which has the bigger context window, Command A or Gemini 2.5 Flash?
Gemini 2.5 Flash, with 1.05M tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks is the Command A vs Gemini 2.5 Flash comparison based on?
43 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Command A's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Gemini 2.5 Flash's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.